The Pains Of A Lonely Mother episode 16 – 17

THE PAINS OF A LONELY MOTHER 16&17
©️ Fardaykhemy Raheem.

At ibikunle house
Temitope is sitted on the chair sipping an orange juice, her husband has gone to work and she is the only one at home. Someone knocked on the door while she went to open it. It is her friend.

“Ah! ah!! see who we have here? Salewa! lewa!! My friend!

“That’s me ooo”

“Come in! Come in!! Come in!! She said ushering her friend in.

“Have your seat please, what can I offer you for visiting me today?”

“If you have pounded yam, I will eat it”.

“Who have the hand to pound? I don’t have such strong hand o but I have rice at home”

“I was only joking, water will be okay” she said while temitope went to get her friend water.

“So, how is everything now? Your husband and everyone ?

“My husband is good o, I came to give you good news”

“What’s that?” Temitope asked excitedly

“I am pregnant”

“Wow!!! Thank God oooo, that’s beautiful”

“Am so happy”

“We praise God, I prayed that God that answer you should answer me too”

“Amen”

“But wait my friend, what’s happening?”

“Happening as how?”

“You got married before me and you are yet to give birth to your own child? Salewa asked.

“You better thank God that you don’t have a mother in law . I guess that is why you are able to get pregnant”. Temitope replied.

“Is it your mother in law again?”

“It is o, that woman is a w!tch , if she is not a w!tch. I should have given birth to my second child nawww and what I will do to her, she won’t expect it”.

“How are some mother in law so w!cked like this, she should leave you alone nawww, did she normally visit you?”

“Visit who? I stopped allowing her to come here o, even I don’t care if she is dead by now because I always prayed to God to not let me meet my mother in law alive but such is not my case. i will soon show her pepper, she will regret it if I don’t get married before this year runs out”.

“That is good, you should deal with her or what is the meaning of all that? Sorry my friend, the Lord will provide your child to you”

“Amen ooooo, I am waiting for him to answer my prayers and save me from that woman”.

“Don’t worry, he will”

“How is your husband?” Temitope asked.

“He is fine oooo, he went to work and I am not opening my shop for naw, that is why I came to give you the good news”

“That’s good”.

They both chatted and gist each other before she finally left.
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Mama woke up early today but her back still ached her Seriously, she managed to bath for her place of work.

Her phone ring and it is Rebecca ( Rebecca is like a neice to mama)
“Hello my sister”

“How are you Rebecca?”

“I am fine ma”.

“I wanted to visit you today, will you be around?” She asked

“I will be around in the evening”

“Okay I will be there by evening, take care ma” she end the call while mama sighed.

She managed to prepare a pap and drink it along with using a pain reliver.

She dragged her legs to the bus stop but met alot of people there also waiting for the bus.

“Ahh! People are much today, hope I won’t get to the shop late like this?” She asked herself and sighed.

Two buses arrived and people rushed to it, mama can’t rush the bus due to her health and don’t have a strong leg.

There is still much people around after the two bus left. Mama waited for people to leave and finally board a cab to work. The time is 11:30a.m now.

She knows that mama cook will get so angry at her and has determined to beg her.

She got to shop and met another new face washing the plates, she hurridly went to meet mama cook.

She met her attending to some customers, shouting at her co-workers . Mama heart beat so fast .

“I prayed she doesn’t send me away today” she muttered to herself.

After a while, mama cook left her seat to go outside when she see mama standing at a side.

“So, you are around naw. I thought you won’t come to work again ni. What says the time now?” She asked mama while she shakingly answer her.

“It’s 12:00pm ma”.

“Good, 12:00pm right! You will do me a favour now, you see that passage? You will help me pass the place back to your house”.

“Ah! Mama cook ,don’t do this to me, you are my only survival , forgive me”. Mama pleaded.

“You can see that I don’t shout at you because I don’t want people to start seeing me as someone who don’t have an elder at home. I have employed another staff to your post and I don’t have any vacancy again” she said

“Please, I woke up early but people are much at the bus stop, it’s not my fault”.

“You Kno what! I am tired of listening to your f!lmsy excuse these days. I am done with you, opeyemi, bring me my purse, let me pay this woman off”.

Opeyemi came with the purse with a sad face, she managed to plead to mama cook on mama behalf .

“If you begged me on this woman mater again, I will send you away” she said .

She counted five thousand naira and gave it to mama.

“That is it, have a good life” she said and pushed mama outside.

Ibiwunmi (mama) cried so hærd. She later left the place for her house. She went in and sit down.

“Is this how my life will continue?”

“God, what have I done wrong to you? I suffered during my youthful life because of a mistake I made in my early life and I am still suffering after taking care of my child. Is it a crime to come to this world?” She cried out.

She slept off after crying for a while.
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In d evening
A nice aroma filled her nostril while she managed to open her eyes.

She met two plates of food beside her and smile.

“Rebecca is around” she said and went out to see her cooking.

“My sister, you are awake, I am coming” she said stirring the soup before going to her.

“Sisto! I know that you will be hungry, that is why I cook before you wake up and …..sister, you just opened the door . What if someone come in nko, please anytime you want to sleep, always close the door” she said while mama sit to eat her food.

She ate and rested her back on the wall.

“Thanks for taking care of me Rebecca, you will not suffer? You will reap the fruit of your labour?” She prayed.

“Amen! My sister, talking about the fruit of my labour, where is ibikunle? Are you hearing from hi?” She asked.

“I am hearing from him” she lied.

“You know I don’t like it when you lie to me, I know that ibikunle is not here, people around told me about it, why sister, stop covering up for your son bàd behavior. Why won’t he visit you? It’s too badddddd”.

“I am tired Rebecca, I want to see my son” she finally said.

“Don’t worry, you will see him . My husband has travelled with my kids, that is why I am here. He will be using a week and I will be here throughout this week. Once it is tomorrow morning, we are going to his house. Did you still have the address?” She asked

“Yes, I do”

“Alright, we will go there tomorrow” she said.

Rebecca stayed with mama that night and they prepared to visit ibikunle house the next day.

They board a cab to his house in the estate and knocked on the gate.

The gatekeeper opened the gate and smiled.
“Mama! Good morning ooooo, it’s been a while, we don’t see you here all this while…yo…

“Is your boss around?” Rebecca impatiently asked.

“He has gone to work but madam and madam mum is in,side the house” he replied.

“Good” Rebecca said and went in,side.

Temitope and her mum is in the sitting room gisting when a gentle knock hit the door. Tope went to open the door and met mama and Rebecca outside, she was about to close the door back when Rebecca pushed the door.

She staggered back while they both went in

“It’s good that I met your mum here today Temitope” Rebecca said holding mama hand.

“Ah, my in-law, good morning ma” temitope mum greeted.

“Mama temitope, your daughter is not a good child and we didn’t know that is the type of person she is before she got married to mama son. Can you believe that your daughter didn’t allow ibikunle to visit her mother”.

“Ngboor, Temitope, is that how I raised you? I even asked about mama when I came in and she told me that mama still visited her yesterday. Is it true Temitope?” She asked her while she stomped her feet on the floor.

“You are a bad child and I didn’t raised you that way”
“I am sorry my in law please have your seat” she said while mama sit down.

“What are you still doing there my friend, gt mama what to eat” tope mum instructed while she grumble and went in,side.

“I am so sorry ma. I didn’t have the idea of her behavior, I am so so sorry” she pleaded once again.

Mama and Rebecca was entertained and Decided to leave and come back the next day once ibikunle is around. They left.

Temitope mum faced her daughter.
“Tope! What you did is bad. That is not how I nurture you. What « came over you? Did you want to receive everlasting cûrse from an old woman? You didn’t allow that old woman to see her son. It is a bad thing from your side”.

“Maami, you are just blaming me. I didn’t get pregnant all this while and I know bthat she is the cause of it”.

“Is she God? Then how is she the cause of it?”

“I Sha know that she is the one behind my predicament and you know what mummy. If I am not hærd on those woman, they will not make me stay in my husband house. They are the type that like disturbing their daughter in law in their son house”.

“I know there are some mother in law like that but not this woman. This woman will be nice to you, learn to take care of that woman and put her in your shoes. Did u want your son to do such to you? If you don’t want that to happen to you, please amend your ways. An half word is enough for the eise”.

“Alright mummy, I will change”.

“It’s better you do, it’s time to leave now”.

“Hunnnn hunnnn mummy, I don’t want you to leave”.

“Then tie me down, I am going back to my husband house”.

“Alright ma, bye” she said and see her off.

She went back to the gate keeper
“The two women that came earlier, not my own mum oooo, I don’t want you to ever open the gate for them again”.

“But, she is the boss mother”

“Are you m.a.d?”

“No ma!

“If you don’t want to lose your job, obey my order”.

“Alright ma” he said while she went back in.

TBC.